Santa Clarita’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent in December, representing a decline of nearly 2 full points in two years. The year-ago jobless rate in Santa Clarita was 5.3 percent, and 6.2 percent the year before that. Across the county, where the year-over-year jobless rate improved to 7.9...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider approving a Historic Preservation Ordinance on Tuesday that establishes procedures for designating and preserving historic properties throughout the county’s unincorporated area. The proposed ordinance cleared the Landmarks Commission unanimously...

Santa Clarita Valley resident Joel Cox will be looking for his second Oscar statuette at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 22, in the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Cox, 72, and fellow SCV resident Gary D. Roach, 50, are Clint Eastwood’s longtime film editors, and this year they’re...

For the second consecutive year, the number of students expelled and suspended from school across California declined, according to a report Wednesday from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. Results were mixed in the William S. Hart Union High School District. According to California...

File photo Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced Dec. 24 that he has granted 104 pardons. It is something he has done each year on Christmas Eve. The individuals granted pardons completed their sentences and have been living crime-free for more than a decade. While some news organizations have characterized...

Holiday hiring helped hold Santa Clarita’s unemployment rate at 4.5 percent in November, even with October. The real story is in the comparison to last November’s 5.7 percent. The biggest year-over-year difference across Los Angeles County was the 22,900 new positions that were added in the private...

Click to enlarge It’s been raining. Winter is nearly here. So why are we discussing rabid bats? Because two more turned up in Canyon Country in November. That brings to 39 the total number of rabid bats identified in Los Angeles County in 2014. Of those, more than half – 20 – were found in the...

Rep. Buck McKeon Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon’s bill to cancel gravel mining contracts in Soledad Canyon cleared the House of Representatives Thursday morning. Cosponsored by Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, the bill, HR 5742, passed on the floor of the House as standalone bill after less than 20...

Photo from CesarsWay.com Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer of television fame, says he is still alive and well, thank you very much. A Spanish-language website, NoticiasUNAM, said the 45-year-old Saugus resident “died this morning in Santa Clarita hospital in California.” The website lamented his death...

Michael D. Antonovich said his first action as chairman of the Board of Supervisors when he takes the helm next week will be to nominate Supervisor-elect Hilda Solis as chair pro-tem (vice chair). When he does, he’ll do it as “mayor of Los Angeles County.” No announcement to that effect has been...